/asp/ Aspiring Vtuber and Startup

[Anonymous No.]

Did you get you Niji app in yet?

What is /asp/?
A thread where we discuss our vtuber aspirations! Whether it's agency-based or independent, let's help each other grow and make it as entertainers. Indies are welcome to join, but shill responsibly. Share what knowledge, insights, what works/doesn't work for you. Remember to do your research before providing personally identifying information to companies online!

FAQ:
Do I need an expensive, fully rigged Live2D model to be a vtuber?
No! You can always start out as a pngtuber!

Where can I learn how to Live2D rig avatars?
Check out Brian Tsui's (of Iron Vertex) YouTube channel!

Where can I find artists/riggers?
Skeb.jp, ArtStation, DeviantArt, Twitter, Reddit, etc.

Where can I learn how to digital market myself?
https://learndigital.withgoogle.com/digitalgarage

Where can I find some good games to stream?
https://twitchtracker.com/games
https://sullygnome.com/

Twitch or Youtube?
Multistream to both.

RESOURCES:
General: https://pastebin.com/AJLkFrGK
OpSec Guide: https://pastebin.com/2mkc8x9P

Stay grounded, stay hopeful. Don't kill yourself yet

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[Anonymous No.]

no more pretty girls, draw a dude for once

[Anonymous No.]

>>5543848
Not gonna post their designs since they aren't done, but the older discord here has some dudes getting close to being ready to debut.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5544294
it better not be lanky boy in a suit with a half mask

[Anonymous No.]

>>5544294
>>5543848
My art's getting close to done, then gotta get it rigged. It was hard to find an artist that does good work with more heavyset/muscular males.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5543848
You can’t make me.

I’m looking forward to an actual corporate guys EN wave tho.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5544460
I know of at least 4 that are not.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5545067
Are they default boys in hoodies with sunglasses instead?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5545067
>implying more than 4
spill the deets, how big is /asp/ gen 2 buff men edition?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5545093
someone should become a unabomber vtuber

[Anonymous No.]

>>5545093
No, no hoodies either.
>>5545117
I just know of 4, it could be more.

[Anonymous No.]

Hey it's me again from 2 threads ago >>5329538
With the dumb monkey vtuber.

I really loved the other monkey's redesign so I used most of it. With a tiny bit of my old stuff.
I also tired listing to that other anon about the triadic colour scheme, since I still wanted more colour.
So I came up with stickers based on Mr. artworks. They are on his face too, because you know, dumb.

I think I'm done with it, but anymore criticism is always helpful.
He's dumb monkey, that looks like his from 2000-20013.
I keep debating if I want keep sparkles or not but people I ask, seem to like it... people also keep calling him a girl, but he doesn't look that much like a girl right?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5547086
at first glance i thought the character was female, would have continued assuming the same

[Anonymous No.]

This is going to sound dumb as hell, but would I look dumb if I called myself a vtuber just because I'm playing a character, but with no model whatsoever? Maybe just a pic. I heard the term "pngtuber" before. I'm broke as hell and I want to focus on the content, I got a ton of ideas.
I'm a dude btw.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5547255
Pngtubers are still vtubers. I'm going to be doing it for a while as well since I'm paying a lot for my design.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5547290
Nice. What about just playing a character and being involved in the vtuber culture/community?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5547255
There's someone who does budget rigging for like, $25 on Twitter
I wish I still had the link

[Anonymous No.]

>>5547086
I'm so glad you took some of my advice.

I personally am working on my own 2.0 of my design.
I want it to suit me more. But I don't want to change tooo much.
I thought maybe changing clothes, but I'm also playing with other ideas in my head.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5545241
I had a design scrap that ended up looking like a columbine shooter since I was going for a tongue-in-cheek edgy look (Silent Bob kind of deal) but I still might go back to it honestly.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5547358
I would say that you need to make some sort of video content to be considered a part of it. Around 6 months ago there was a massive problem with people doing that and taking over twitter.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5547695
Well of course, I plan to make content, so I can get experience and audition for Nijisanji EN in August. That's why I'm asking that.

[Anonymous No.]

still seeing so many "debut TBA" tubers
honestly how hard is it to just stream? don't people realize sitting around on your hands no working on your streaming skills waiting for the perfect time to start when it's all together is just going to leave you with an expensive model and overlay, and no skills?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5547812
why do you care so much about tbas? just let them rot.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5547736
Anon, the audition is something you should send as early as you can. Also, the deadline for their Male VTuber audition is on August 1st.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5547834
Nta, but my issue is that they clog up hashtags with their posts and bury potential growth for actual streamers.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5547858
If I don't gain experience, I won't get accepted anyway, and there's always later waves. I'm not concerned. Why would it be best to send it early?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5547874
mute them if they're popping up now and again. block them if they have over 4k tweets.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5547812
It’s the hardest step.

[Anonymous No.]

Finished my niji aud script and it's not looking cringe

[Anonymous No.]

>>5547908
I can block them and mute them, but that doesn't stop other people. On my timeline it doesn't effect me personally, it just affects other people's discoverability

[Anonymous No.]

>>5547858
I figure that the best auditions they get have already been sent, or will be sent in very shortly before the deadline.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5547905
You worry too much about the exp part. NijiEN Male VTuber guidelines don’t mention that you need to have “experience”. It seems that they plan to train whoever gets accepted into their ideal VTuber image so. As for “why sending it early”? The early bird gets the worm.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5548068
they're honestly probably not going to even start looking at them till after the deadline, they still have all of the female apps to look through and interview first

[Anonymous No.]

>>5547181
Really? What do think it is.
The long hair, the colours, big eyes?
I don't think I care too much, but if it's something small I can change I'll look into.

>>5547479
I like them, your character is very cute.
I like the big coloured one and the one top right, the most. They look chill with sort of a tropical vibe.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5548068
The deadline is a trick by itself.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5548185
it really doesn't matter, just keep in mind that the gap between your model and your voice might be jarring to viewers if it's too much.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5548193
explain, is it that it tricks people into applying later if they're lazy?
because it seems to me like they don't want a flood of applications at the same time and just want some breathing room to make a decision on the girls first before they look at any of the guys stuff. Since it appears the girls is a scheduled wave internally but the guys has not been scheduled yet

[Anonymous No.]

>>5547812
Most of these people launch with like 50 viewers and still keep 10, more if it's someone like Cimrai or Kisa Bee. I still think people should at least try and stream though.

[Anonymous No.]

having the time and energy to work on my model this week has been the hardest part of actually making the model
at least the lines are nearly done

[Anonymous No.]

Just gonna get started streaming random shit.
PNG or default facerig? I see benefits of both.
PNG I can just draw whatever the fuck I feel like before a stream and slap it on there. Gives it some uniqueness and variety since I can actually be assed to draw an image daily but not to rig it (because I suck at drawing)
But default rig while default still shows off emotion more and it gives some movement to keep that feeling of a real person.
And not gonna pay for one when I'll probably never get more than 10 viewers.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5549903
png

[Anonymous No.]

>>5549903
I would personally watch a png over a default.

[Anonymous No.]

where the fuck are my skebs?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5549973
>>5549988
Cool. Any good pngtubers out there I can watch quick to get a vibe what's expected of them? Pretty much exclusively do vtubers.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5550137
Little_S_ recently made partner as a png of a snake twitch.tv/little_s_

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>>5549392
Do I really have to spell it out?
It’s like going to an interview; you want to be early. If you’re early, you’re actually on time. If you arrive just before the deadline, that’s basically the same as being late. The ones who REALLY want in would have applied during the first week. Essentially, it measures applicants’ enthusiasm and motivation. As for the male wave, they just don’t seem to have finalized designs so there’s a chance for the person who actually makes it in to have some degree on input on the design, lore and so on.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5550181
Thanks I'll give you a watch later.
Then stream some shitty mecha chink games I've been into recently.

[Anonymous No.]

Anyone has torso movement tutorials on live2d?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5550345
torso movement is a meme
just think of how you can move your own torso and what parts actually move
make sure your breathing animation isnt constantly transforming you from a twink to a bulk god. your chest expands forwards when breathing, not just growing outwards

[Anonymous No.]

can i share some soft statistical advice?

90-ish% of 'successful' Vtubers are women.
most good WesternVtubers have very niche markets. the only ones who have made competitive numbers are the ones who have joined a company, or brought over followers from a Twitter camp.
also, the Vtuber market, esp. in the west, is flooded by 'chat whores' who have no focus to their channel other than to converse w' Chat.
.....not a great model for any channel.
It's not a bad idea, but the market is flooded with video gamers.
--------------------------------------------
My advice:
--Do it for fun, and have a focus
OR
--Gather a team
OR
--Be a woman with great vocal skills and a funny personality.
DON'T just put up some anime face and chat with the peeps who come to watch.
do something.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5550627
>be a woman
Shitty advice. Even if women are the most successful we're still talking 1:10000 that get any decent amount of views. They need luck and some level of charisma to keep that spot.

Despite what people claim, most male wannabes are fucking garbage at streaming. Being better at doom is not going to make you popular.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5550627
Speaking as someone with several years of experience in the twitch streaming scene, most indie vtubers still follow the same content model as the big company chuubas even while avoiding the general idol pitfalls, so most of them only attract other indies to watch them (because they are inspired by the same content) or are trying to pull viewers away from people who are massively more successful than them (because they're using the same content model).
If you want to get a bigger outside audience instead of trying to pull small groups of people from each other, be entertaining in your own way, find a niche you can work well with, try to plant yourself in other communities, create content that's hard to find anywhere else. Be clickbaity.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5550815
> They need luck and some level of charisma to keep that spot.

The issue with that is what's considered "watchable" for a female isn't the same for a male. Since the demographic is primarily male looking for girl streamers (and im guesisng even the girls are watching girls for the most part), what they're looking for is a lot different.

You take a shy, nervous, clumsy, goofy person interested in retro games or farming sims and pop out both a male and a female, viewers are going to skew towards the female streamer because those are traits that have more value when you're a girl.

For the most part, no one wants a shy dude that gets nervous in front of a crowd or geeks out about their favorite game, being funny or likeable are probably the two best traits for any male streamer, but those are a lot harder to do because for a lot of people they don't come as naturally as the traits guys like to see in girls.

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>>5550627
>the Vtuber market, esp. in the west, is flooded by 'chat whores' who have no focus to their channel other than to converse w' Chat.
>.....not a great model for any channel.

What do you mean? That's some of the most viewed content on Twitch. There's a reason the "Just Chatting" section is as large as it is. People are looking for the para-social Friend/Boyfriend/Girlfriend experience, you just have to provide a personality to go alongside it. Why do you think VShojo and other larger vtubers pump out so much react/chatting content? It's the easiest to do and the most sought after.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5551341
>What do you mean? That's some of the most viewed content on Twitch.
i think that's exactly what that anon is trying to say. it's saturated as fuck. it'd be like trying to break out right now as a league of legends, or call of duty streamer.

[Anonymous No.]

>all male gen
>manly men, no pretty boys
hope they live up to the hype

[Anonymous No.]

So do I wait till closer to the deadline to send my Niji application, so that there is more consistency/results for them to see when looking at things like twitter/twitch numbers, or do I apply now? what're the pros and cons of each option?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5551185
Despite what you claim, shy autistic girls aren't popular either. They're quiet and get dropped immediately.
It's girls who know what people like and pretend to be the right level of "shy" while having literally no problems talking and communicating with people while.making funny jokes.

While not PNGtubers. YouTubers making a videos with png mascots is not new and the most popular and prevenlant have always been men.

I get what you're trying to say, but you're horribly mistaken. It's not that girls have it easier, they just flood the market and the average girl has 100x the social skills as the average male. Even top male 3D streamers are fucking autistic and terrible to watch because they have the social skills of a 5 y/o

[Anonymous No.]

>>5551700
you apply now, they see you have nothing, you're discarded and subsequent applications are rejected
you practice for 3 weeks into July, and you apply, they might look at your experience and growth from then

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>>5551341
this is misguided as hell and shows you dont use twitch at all
the reason the Just Chatting section is massively popular isn't because that's what people want, it's because literally any streamer can do a Just Chatting stream at any time regardless of what their main content is, and the audience for those are dedicated viewers who want to get closer to the streamer, and are likely drawn in by other content they create or are being heavily pandered to like with titty streamers.

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>>5551756
Do they go through applications as they come through instantly? or wait until after the deadline, I suppose yeah, you make a good point though, I initially thought "I can keep updating my channels even after submitting" but I realise you need to enter hard follow numbers so waiting till they are as high as possible is probably for the best

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>>5551881
>Do they go through applications as they come through instantly? or wait until after the deadline
literally no one here knows. stop asking this.

just make content and apply whenever you're comfortable before the deadline. they have 2 interview phases, so the idea that they're going to lock in the first person who applies with 5k twitter followers is dumb as heck.

[Anonymous No.]

I dont want to apply for the first round of nijisanji. I want to be a second rounder so that I'll have a cool manly senpai to look up to and cuck as I steal his viewers during a collab.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5552448
this chance won't ever come up again, anon

[Anonymous No.]

>>5551881
Stop overthinking things and apply when you feel most comfortable. Just…don’t do it at the very last minute.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5551793
nta but it kind of feels like it at least with the chuubas i watch. ive even seen iron mouse get a massive dip when she plays a game after chatting.

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>>5553061
>iron mouse
stop using the top 1% of vtubers who are the exception to try and argue against the rule. otherwise, you're free to start right now, launch your streams as an indie, go to Just Chatting, and see how good your numbers are.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5553061
Not every game is something people want to watch.
They might like the games in general, but if she's playing apex I'm dipping but I'll show up for the zatsudans.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5551632
Hopefully they can come up with cool, manly designs as well.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5553280
what's wrong with a beefy guy in a hoodie

[Anonymous No.]

>>5553356
Hoodies can burn in a fire.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5553173

its not just iron mouse she was just the example i used since its the easiest to see it dropping since its a bigger number

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>>5553639
Big names work on a different level than smaller ones.
A big name carries itself just with the name alone, she could take a piss and make more viewers than any smaller indie ever could. It doesn't mean taking a piss is what will draw viewers to your average streamer starting out.

[Anonymous No.]

>check twitch catalog
>216 vtubers with 1 viewer live right now
>150 vtubers with 2 viewers live right now
>192 vtubers with 3 viewers live right now

[Anonymous No.]

>>5554041
Cringe desu senpai.
Honestly if you're not affiliated don't even bother, ruining the good image of vtubers.

[Anonymous No.]

I've seen you guys talk about being entertaining and finding a niche, is there an audience of people who'd watch someone stream older/obscure games? Cuz I see like 90% of vtubers streaming the exact same games, and I wanna know if twitch viewers genuinely only want to watch people play the top 10 most popular titles.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5554937
it depends on how old, the majority of twitch is millenials/zoomers who like games from their childhood
older games that get views and have a market are like ps1/n64 era or newer
I get 0 viewers doing 80s text rpg streams because that's definitely not popular

[Anonymous No.]

>>5554937
There's plenty of room for retro gameplay. Look at the rest of streaming. Vtubers are just one flavour of normal streaming. But 'well known' retro is still gonna pull more eyes. Link to the Past is gonna garner more attention than Magic of Schaharazade (I'm not even going to bother looking up how to spell that).

[Anonymous No.]

>>5554103
ngmi

[Anonymous No.]

I've been thinking strongly about applying for Nijisanji recently but a couple factors are really holding me back. I would want to be able to present and entertain with high energy to keep things active, but I really don't want my roommate or neighbors to ever overhear me while I'm streaming. This goes double if there is literally any degree of attempted singing or roleplaying involved.
I have little to no experience with streaming, singing or roleplaying but I really do want to try because for all I know I could be okay, but the embarrassment factor is scaring me off.
I know there is appeal to calm, lower energy streams and I would be very interested in doing those but I feel that there is a strong need to be able to bring energy and excite viewers. I don't want to just whisper into a mic for hours.
What are the best options for soundproofing apartment rooms, or are there any consistently calm and low energy vtubers or even regular streamers who I could look to for styles that don't make a lot of noise but still can entertain viewers?

[Gael !StRaTUSD32 No.]

I've been wondering, is ObsorneKay one of you?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5556698
Get some acoustic panels and basically cover the walls with them. They’re pretty cheap.
Experience doesn’t seem to be a requirement this time so if you feel strongly about applying, do it. No regrets. Gather your courage and just do it. The only way to overcome the embarrassment is by actually throwing yourself into the stage.

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>>5556941
Nyart but do those really work? Heard lotta stuff about them only absorbing the reflection and I have no clue

[Anonymous No.]

>>5557251
nta, you're not going to be able to sound proof a room unless you build a separate chamber that damps every vibration. you can use heavy curtains to absorb and dampen sound or foam panels to disperse echoes (they're two different things).

[Anonymous No.]

>>5548185
>Really? What do think it is.
Personally the most damning part is the exposed midriff. Cover that up and I can buy that you're a dude.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5551632
That would only work if there's a manly man behind the avatar. Which is to say, it's not happening.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5557464
>if there's a manly man behind the avatar.
how would you even know what the roommate is?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5551967
>literally no one here knows. stop asking this.
I don't know the answer either but there's some history we can extrapolate from. Surely there are some who applied to the original NijisanjiEN auditions who have an idea of how soon their videos were viewed.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5557505
You can't tell me you've never seen a manly chuuba avatar with the personality of a wimp.

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>>5557586
original NijiEN is not a good thing to go on
they wanted ready to go established streamers for that
the 3 they picked were large western indies and one made it to the finals of HoloEN, they basically found the top 3 applicants viewer base wise and just checked them out before Okaying them

[Anonymous No.]

>>5557251
Completely soundproofing a room is inappropriate unless you plan on being super noisy, host a loud radio show or intend to do some risky ASMR like a certain big breasted woman. Foam panels are a cheap alternative for standard streaming.

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>>5557723
Considering how unprepared Fish was for hee intended debut stream, I’d dare say that they really didn’t get trained. Future waves will most likely be trained for a few months before debuting.

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>>5557969
that's my point, 1st gen was left to their own devices and had minimal screening past looking at their portfolios
don't expect that in the future

[Anonymous No.]

Poll for anons auditioning for Nijisanji EN
http://poal.me/gosu9e
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[Anonymous No.]

>>5558180
>joke answer included
lol have fun with your useless poll retard

[Anonymous No.]

>>5548117
>NijiEN Male VTuber guidelines don’t mention that you need to have “experience”. It seems that they plan to train whoever gets accepted into their ideal VTuber image so.
I think you'd be a fool to believe this. No application explicitly mentions experience because that should go without saying. They also ask for links to your socials as well as hard follower counts.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5557723
>they wanted ready to go established streamers for that
Why do you assume that's not going to be the case this time? That line of thinking makes no sense.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5558291
Have you ever applied for a single job before? Job descriptions always list qualifications and preferred experience level.

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>>5558463
what "established" male vtubers are there that would drop what they're doing for Nijisanji?
Ais? why would he when he's already making hand over fist in cash?
Takahata? again, why? his fanbase is built of those who grew up with him on TeamFourStar
KittyMcPancakes? lol not since he recently got Me Too'd

[Anonymous No.]

>>5558463
it's not going to be as important because nijisanji's strategy is to build out and cultivate talent. A lot of their livers are nobodies before who had potential
in a lot of cases they're more interested in cultivating talent instead of grabbing existing talent who already has a style of content creation

[Anonymous No.]

>>5558221
Someone was going to do it, I may as well include it to get it out of the way.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5558582
hey that design's kinda close to mine

[Anonymous No.]

>>5558291
>should go without saying
It would have been stated on the guidelines like they specifically did with their first auditions last year. Note that they did not add it this time. This means that they’re fine with actually training fresh people this time around. Asking for link to social media makes sense to see how much of a social retard an applicant could be to add that to the training.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5559022
>This means that they’re fine with actually training fresh people this time around.
>training
>training
>training
>training
>training

[Anonymous No.]

>>5559046
yes anon, what do you think they're going to do if they find someone who has potential and the managers like but is kinda dumb about social media?
>1. reject them
>2. spend a week teaching them how to use social media

[Anonymous No.]

>>5559117
>moving goalposts away from "training a vtuber without experience" to "training a vtuber how to use social media"

[Anonymous No.]

>>5558641
Kanda is definetly the ideal male design imo

[Anonymous No.]

>>5559046
And what’s wrong with that?
Have you actually applied for a job in your life?
Because this is standard for employers to train new hires for different tasks.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5559143
they're offering to buy a PC and iPhone for people who don't have the setup to run the software anon
they will 100% teach people how to use shit if they like the person but they're a little new

[Anonymous No.]

>>5559201
>moving goalposts away from "training a vtuber without experience" to "training a vtuber how to use hardware"

keep moving goalposts further and further. they're not going to pick a random with zero experience. why the fuck would they waste time and resources training you to be a vtuber? let alone someone who is so incompetent they can't
>social media correctly
>learn how to hook up an iphone with vtube studio to their pc

[Anonymous No.]

>>5559179
they're trying to demoralize the other people ITT into not applying

[Anonymous No.]

>>5559301
>moving the goalposts
don't use words you don't understand, maybe if you get in Nijisanji they'll help you out with that

[Anonymous No.]

>>5558509
Gen 1 auditions didn't list any qualifications just as the current one doesn't. Yet we got people who were experienced in the position they were applying for. I see >>5559022 mentioning that they listed qualification requirements for the first applications so I might be wrong, but I don't recall it being the case.
>>5558541
They don't need to be Vtubers. I can't name any because I didn't watch streamers before vtubers to begin with.
>>5558547
This is reasonable though.

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>>5559301
You clearly have never applied for a job if that is truly your view on things.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5559366
>being wrong
keep at it if it makes you feel better. you're still gonna need experience as a vtuber.

>but they didn't explicitly say they're looking for someone with experience waaaaaah, that implies they'll train anyone who applies
yeah, ok

>>5559410
a job opens up to record voice lines for a tv show. are they going to train any random joe who applies or will they be more likely to select someone who has experience, technical skills, and prior knowledge? cope harder

[Anonymous No.]

>>5559410
Delusional

[Anonymous No.]

>>5559394
They listed qualifications requirements for last year’s auditions. One of them was about having experience. That one is completely absent from this round of auditions.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5559530
>That one is completely absent from this round of auditions.
so please tell me and the other anons. on what basis will they be making selections if experience is absent, and like you're trying to imply, not even taken into consideration during the application process.

[Anonymous No.]

trolls are back I see, stop giving them (yous)

[Anonymous No.]

>>5559493
Any other canned words while at it, O Wise One?
Because the biggest companies on the planet have complete training departments and facilities to train new hires. Finding potential new talent and cultivate it is an essential part of an industry.

[Anonymous No.]

>complete training departments
jesus christ

[Anonymous No.]

To bring a more logical point to the argument in this thread: There are thousands of people applying. If you have no experience, what are you showing in your application? Out of a pool of nobodies with nothing to show, what would make them pick one over the other? You really think they'll sideline applicants with experience in favour of potentially finding a diamond in the rough, just because?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5559650
Not only that but what do you think is being 'trained' exactly? You can't train someone to be entertaining and charismatic.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5559650
don't you see, anon? they left out the sentence FOR A REASON!! they put months of thought and effort into this application form. glorious nippon audition form, folded over a thousand times!

[Anonymous No.]

do fujos only watch japanese streamers? or would someone be able to cater to them if they're not?

[Anonymous No.]

I see wise gordo trolls are back to demoralize.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5559798
don't cater to fujos. watching streamers is a predominantly male activity. you're aiming for a niche within a niche within a niche.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5559802
I'm sure you were demoralized too when Mori told you to create content.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5559827
even if I do it I'll do it for fun I don't care if I don't make it

[Anonymous No.]

>>5559916
then go for it?

[Anonymous No.]

If you want a shot at getting in Nijisanji then start creating content now and you'll have a chance. If telling you to stream and make videos demoralizes you then you were never going to make it to begin with and you're no different than TBA Vtweeters.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5559991
stop demoralizing people, anon. obviously the best way is to apply right now and wait to be accepted. they'll train you how to be charismatic and entertaining. nijisanji has a department of people who will train you on how to be a vtuber for sure.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5544997
Can I ask for your artist?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5544294
There's a discord?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5560100
yes, but it's been made clear like a dozen times the invite link will never be posted in /asp/. if you want it, be a chuuba, stream, network with /asp/ies, and ask for an invite from them that way.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5560100
Too many bad faith people joined so they shut it off from the outside.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5559827
Honestly, it's worked for me so far. I built a small fanbase out of fujoshi/fudanshi by reading BL/Yaoi and playing games within the community. I only get 60-80 love viewers at a time but I make around $800 a month from the streaming 4 days a week, 2 hours a time. Really chill community too.

[Anonymous No.]

>that typing style
doubt

[Anonymous No.]

>>5560136
>>5560205
Thank you senpai.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5560459
Give me your wisdom anon... How did you network yourself? How did you get yourself a community?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5560459
Where did you market yourself? Please post a link to your channel.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5559827
tangentially related because women not fujos, but there's a niji with over 80% female viewbase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0OU8zrsE84
of course he isn't popular, he's on the lowest end of JP nijis. the fact is women don't watch vtubers as much as men. even kanae has more male watchers.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5560571
>>5560619
Definitely not gonna post a link. I started as a faceless YouTuber with an anime avatar. Reviewed some shows like Given and movies like Saezuru then made the trade to streaming on Twitch. Twitters been my main marketing media. I don't really have any wisdom unfortunately. Been stalled where I am for around 4 months but it's good money for the work.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5560919
Did you post in places like reddit? How do you deal with nsfw-content on Twitch? How do you censor it?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5561080
Never on reddit but I occasionally had my videos posted there. For NSFW content on Twitch its never been an issue for me. The things I read don't have sex scenes it's mostly fade to black for the writing/Manga. I've been twitch partner for about 6 months and we mention sex a lot but never go into full on descriptions or graphic details. Twitch don't seem to mind just discussions.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5561192
Did you ever get in trouble with copyright? Did a publisher ever get mad at you showcasing their books/games?

I wish I could ask you more stuff later since reading obscure shit is what I do.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5561712
I got in a bit of heat once. Not from an official publisher since most of my stuff is from fan-translations but a group of kids who hate me tried to get a well known translator to cancel me because I was "making money from her translation." She ended up becoming a fan but that did teach me to ask translators if I can read their work first which might have actually grown my audience now that I think about it. The translators themselves started retweeting and sharing me.

[Anonymous No.]

Came back home, knocked down a nice cold boy and just slapped together NijiEN audition in like 30 mins.
Why are you people so scurred of this? If you can't even record a ~5 audition video, then how are you even going to be streaming? That why you're going to get absolutely mogged by the likes of me.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5561944
Thanks for being so forthcoming with answers. Last bit: Guy or gal? Do you think your gender has to do with your success?

I'm still on the edge on if you're the real deal or not.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5562293
Guy. I don't think gender matters too much. I know 2 other girls and one other guy who do similar content to me. The guy does the best but he's out loud and proud which I think helps more than anything.
I can't really prove that I am the real deal but I'll just say I'm mostly hunting through these threads looking for buff male VTubers because I really need a new model, haha. I'm terrified of using the Twitter VTuber threads let alone leaking my account here.
My main point is fujoshi are definitely a market that has been underutilized in the west. I'm not great at what I do but as someone said above it is niche as all hell so it's hard to grow but then devoted fans with a ton of money. Just depends on if you actually like BL enough yourself to enjoy the grind.

[Anonymous No.]

Kind of curious: I want to do something similar to what Northernlion did a few years ago with regards to videos, uploading unedited videos of me playing roguelike/roguelite games and indie games in general, while also occasionally streaming. What do you think of that type of YouTube model? I feel like it’s a niche no Vtuber has taken yet

[Anonymous No.]

>>5562960
so... 2008-2010 era let's plays?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5562663
My dude if you can tell me what you'll stream next and when I'll check you out. No need to link. Plausible deniability. a time in EST and content and you'll get a follower.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5559827
How do you explain Sykkuno and CorpseHusband then? They definitely have huge fujo audiences

[Anonymous No.]

>>5562991
Essentially, yeah, but with a Vtuber avatar over them
I feel like streaming is too focused on and like there are a lot of people who just want to put on something in the background they don’t need to actively engage with

[Anonymous No.]

>>5563106
>Sykkuno
industry professional voice actor who's been streaming for 8+ years and is the 10th most subscribed channel on twitch, gee, iono
>CorpseHusband
meme dude who was catapulted into the spotlight due to random chance luck with his Among Us collab after an established group found his voice to be cool

[Anonymous No.]

>>5563145
on top of that, Sykkuno got started during the early 2010 boom of youtube videos and e-celebrities. he was one of the early talents that was part of OfflineTV back when this kind of stuff was brand new. it's impossible for any indie starting out now, in 2021, to recreate that kind of growth. big names have already been established and lines have been drawn.

it'd be like saying anyone can start out with exaggerated reaction videos like PewPieDie now and achieve the same degree of success. literally cannot happen.

and on the topic of Corpse Husband, pic related. he's irrelevant now after the novelty of his deep voice wore off and Among Us died as a game.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5563031
You probably won't find me since it's just chatting for the next 2 days. But 6pm EST tomorrow and Friday I'll be just chatting reading a fan translated novel. Should have about 60-100 viewers but I feel like there's hundreds of VTubers who will have that many in just chatting. If you do find me that'll be amazing.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5559827
Kitty did great til he had that drama, but I don't imagine he'll lose many viewers. You just need the voice and charisma which I'm positive no one here has, even if they think they do.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5563344
watch out for something something geist following you. I'll be in this thread right after. Thanks again for being so welcome to questions.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5563516
Who's Kitty?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5563696
kittymcpancakes

[Anonymous No.]

>>5563693
No problem. I wish I could be more helpful. If you find me tomorrow and want to know more once you've seen my audience then go nuts. I'll check here after too.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5563696
Kittymcpancakes (i know, the name is bad). He had a 400 average but got busted for fucking around with something like 20 girls. His audience and guests were almost exclusively male aside from a few other big male chuubas, but he's easily the biggest one who didn't bring over a massive Twitter following from being an artist or e-celeb.

Fujo pandering is entirely possible, but unlikely especially if you're here of all places looking for advice.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5563716
For some reason I vaguely remember that guy following me on my non-Vtuber account before I even got into streaming properly when it was just a hobby and I was literally a 0-person stream

[Anonymous No.]

>>5563875
if you're a woman, maybe he was trying to groom you too

[Anonymous No.]

>>5563875
you were gonna be one of his targets

[Anonymous No.]

>>5563767
>audience
>almost exclusively male
then it isn't fujo pandering is it?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5547086
bare midriff, long socks, short shorts... That's a pretty fem set of clothes.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5547812
I guess it's just people working to build a following before going live, leeching off of others' twitter feeds, and hoping their oshi notes their 'comedic take'/meme, so they get a retweeted.

I was determined not to be one, but it means I'm streaming to an audience of two.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5564121
are you being retarded on purpose?
of all the "successful" male vtubers, kittymcpancakes was arguably one of the most successful in fujo pandering. no other male vtuber even gets the chance to begin fujo pandering because they never get a large enough audience. you can only start to pander to fujo after you hit a threshold of viewer (400 at least) which 99% of male vtubers can't

[Anonymous No.]

>>5564228
This. Plus the fact that even someone with big numbers like KittyMcPancakes still had a predominantly male viewerbase, it just goes to show that there really is no sizeable fujo audience out there.

[Anonymous No.]

So on today's stream Finana and Elira mentioned making a 20 page paper for answers to potential questions during the interview phases. I'm completely clueless when it comes to what may or may not be asked (assuming I get past the first phase.) Would anyone be willing to give a few examples of what would be helpful to think about if I do get to that phase?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5564337
Seconded. I assume the questions they'll ask probably won't be the ones they've asked on the app, and those are the only ones I've really thought about.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5548185
i think the oversized shorts give off the impression of wide hips? might even go as far to say that the midriff makes it look like you've got an hourglass figure at first glance

just my two cents, good luck with whatever you end up going with monkey man

[Anonymous No.]

>>5564121
was a mistake, i meant his audience and guests are almost exclusively female aside from other big male chuubas

[Anonymous No.]

>>5564337
>>5564503
Do /asp/ies really?...
"20 page paper" lmao, even if you believe this drivel, then that still doesn't matter. If you're a shitty entertainer with wet blanket for personality and/or speech impediment(s), then there is no paper big enough or enough potential questions to save your sorry asses.

[Anonymous No.]

become a furry porn artist would probably have been an easier career path than trying to become a male vtuber

[Anonymous No.]

>>5565452
you can still do real work when you're not streaming you know, like most people

[Anonymous No.]

>>5565540
no

[Anonymous No.]

>>5565652
The cage is waiting, anonchama.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5557361 >>5564536 >>5564172
I tested some outfits out, but I think I'll just stick with what I have.
But thanks for letting me know. If this many people think I'm girl maybe I'll play into it, like being insecure about it or something.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5565652
get a job you lazy bum

[Anonymous No.]

>>5565707
>>5565947
you can't make me. i'm gonna make vtubing a full time job! believe it!

[Anonymous No.]

>>5562960
>>5563136
If you are simply going to be recording yourself, exploit the features of that medium that a streamer doesn’t have. Think about it logically, why would someone watch your unedited gameplay when they could watch the exact same thing BUT with chat and interaction?

So you gotta think of what you have that a streamer doesn’t, and that ultimately boils down to editing.

You can edit clips, cut out silence or pauses or long moments of boring gameplay. You can add in sound effects and music, like maybe you get jumpscared and you can add a stinger, or maybe something funny in the game happens and you can add in a funny sound effect to go with it. If you’ve ever watched Mr. Sark, his entire audio is highly edited and sounds very different from the raw recordings. He manages audio levels and makes it sound perfect. He’s honestly a great example of the type of editing that you can achieve with simple gameplay footage, but I’m just spitballing. Another clever let’s player I saw made his entire series somewhat educational, for example. The gameplay itself was highly edited, but on top of that he kept adding his own knowledge of the game into the video, like he’d talk about its lore and the real life inspirations taken by the developers and the development hell it went through, always cutting to photos or behind-the-scenes footage of a prototype of the game or something.

You have the potential to make streamlined polished content, but only if you exploit the fact your content is all pre recorded. But from the sounds of it, you merely want to be a streamer without the hassle of streaming.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5547086
Tbh anon, I dont think your design looks bad at all. To me he looks like a silly artist who is just trying his best which comes off as endearing.

Don't pay attention to anons who say that your character looks like a girl, once people will hear your voice everything will make sene to them. I like the colour scheme and over how derpy he looks like.

[Anonymous No.]

I'm nutting at these Nijisanji app questions. Some of them are gonna filter people so hard. Its fantastic.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5568648
You mean the ones in the form? They're easy, assuming you answer them truthfully instead of trying to spin some bullshit.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5553173
If Ironmouse is too popular, than there is Definitely Not Teru, who posted how her numbers go down on game streams but up on zatsudans.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5569585
teru is still a corporation chuuba and has made a name for herself through her zatsudans because they last for fucking hours after she gets hung up over stories that make people simp for her with how tragic of a person she is. her whole rise to success is a bizarre storm of shit enabled by the fact that she can garner pity points for hours at a time

[Anonymous No.]

>>5567119
Thank you for kind words anon.
Dumb but endearing is definitely what I'm trying to go for.

[Anonymous No.]

If I make a vroid model is there some way to make animations with it? Doing silly dances and whatnot.

[Anonymous No.]

I think I've been too honest in the Niji app, bros.
In hindsight I should've leveraged my abilities more and said that they could expand their viewerbase thanks to my skills, but didn't. I thought that it would be considered bragging...

[Anonymous No.]

>>5570907
have you never applied for a job before anon? it's all about selling yourself. obviously dont outright lie but you need to brag about yourself

[Anonymous No.]

>>5571085
I have, but it was the first time when I was applying for auditions. Hopefully that was my only mistake when filling it out, because the rest of my answers don't sound as dumb now that I'm re-reading them.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5543756
I imagine this question gets asked a lot, but does webcam quality matter at all for Vtubing? or is it mostly software based? I've heard of folks using their smartphone cameras to stream

[Anonymous No.]

>>5571267
iphones have better innate tracking drivers
and you'll just want a webcam thats not complete early 2000s dogshit as the face tracking software works with the image thats being received by the webcam, so it needs to be able to recognize your features, preferably with good lighting too

[Anonymous No.]

>>5571267
You do realize that smartphone cameras are better than most webcam ones, yes?
Because you're phrasing it in a way that makes me think like you're implying that smartphones have shitty ones.

[Anonymous No.]

>marked as "required"
I hope you're ready to lose the race before it even starts, /asp/.

[Anonymous No.]

Place your bets for which types of male characters will be in nijien
>Handsome older man
>Twink/femboy
>Edgy cool guy
>Anime protagonist

[Anonymous No.]

>>5572315
I sincerely hope it's all femboys.

[Anonymous No.]

U gon die, dumbos.
Don't make me save your asses again.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5575446
let the thread die, it's full of shitposting and discord circlejerking

[Anonymous No.]

>>5571781
Yeah, I think it's over for me...

[Anonymous No.]

>>5575501
Every thread is full of shitposts, and discord was mentioned a total of 3 times, yours included.
Cmon son, letting thread die won't chase them away.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5571781
This is definitely the winning question. They’re Nijisanji_World on twitter after all.

I think even if you know the basics of another language and you spin it into content that’ll be fine. Put it in the “Other” section.
You have to shoot your shot bros.

[Anonymous No.]

why are you guys so determined to get people to not apply to niji? it takes 2-3 days to get together a script and record a video, maybe a couple more if you need to make a new character first
there's literally no reason to not throw in an application even if you're not that experienced yet. Pomu applied to HoloEN when she was just starting out and look where she ended up after 8 months
absolutely fucking weird shit ITT

[Anonymous No.]

>>5576216
This.

Of course you won’t get in if you don’t apply. What harm is it in just doing it and treating it as a “it’ll be great if it happens but if not, okay I’m not at the right place yet!”

I believe in you anons. Just do your best.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5576478
it would be fine if that were it, but that's not the case. there are delusional anons coming up with lies, implying shit like Nijisanji has a "training department" that'll train new vtubers the art of vtubing just because the application does not include a single sentence about previous experience. that level of delusion is unhealthy.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5577350
>you don't understand I need to dissolve the thread into /v/ tier shitposting because people are being delusional
yeah I'm sure you're a very mentally healthy and successful person to come to 4chan looking to get in fights with newbies to a hobby

[Anonymous No.]

This feels like a really stupid question, but I figured someone would know

When streaming, I get that you have to mute the in-game music, unless you've got a broadcast license. And just because you have that, you might not have a license for the VOD, so you might need to split audio inputs for the two.

What about voicelines?

If I'm playing Skyrim, for example, do I need to have the whole thing muted, or are the voicelines safe?

I'm assuming the background sounds (rustling bushes, water, etc) all fall under DMCA as well?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5577592
>i am the same anon as the shitposters above
i see you learned how to backtrace my IP, with help from the cyber police, no doubt. naruhodone

[Anonymous No.]

>>5577619
you only need to worry about actual SONGS. not noises or bgm. think GTA radio playlists or rhythm games that use actual SONGS.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5577619
it depends on the game and youtube/twitch, most games without real-world music you don't have to mute anything
it's an issue for ones like cyberpunk2077, GTA5, and Fallout:NV since those have real world copyright songs. Background music and soundtracks made specifically for games don't count. You aren't getting DMCA strikes for playing Celeste if it picks up the music

[Anonymous No.]

>>5577619
It’s just licensed pop music not like. Game sound.

[Anonymous No.]

sorry if this is a dumb question, but where do people go to find assets to add to their streams? like tables and objects and such

[Anonymous No.]

>>5577825
>>5577739
>>5577841

Thanks all!

I'd planned on doing some old-school games that I grew up with, but there's a lot of narration in them, so I didn't want to completely fuck myself. Not for Dungeon Keeper

[Anonymous No.]

>>5577936
the bigs get them drawn by fans for twitter retweets, but if you're in here you're going to have to either commission a cheap one-off, draw it yourself, or grab a free stock clipart

[Anonymous No.]

>>5577936
i use props from https://www.irasutoya.com/
use DeepL to translate english words like "table" into japanese and use the kanji characters that appear under "alternative" like pic related

[Anonymous No.]

>>5577936
https://twitter.com/freevtuberasset?s=21

I always look through here

[Anonymous No.]

>>5572315
Hoping for a mix of handsome older guys and twinks. Maybe an edgy cool guy if they're full dark flame master chuuni about it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5576478
I'm planning to start streaming anyways, so I'm applying for the fun of it. I think I've got some pretty unique ideas and I've gotten positive feedback thus far, so I may as well go for it, and audition anyways. Worst case scenario, nothing happens, and I have fun streaming anyways.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5570587
Miku Miku Dance

[Anonymous No.]

>>5571781
I can speak two languages from SEA, albeit broken. Does that count?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5570587
Youd need Unity knowledge, which if you had you wouldn't be asking this question in the first place.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5577936
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQHyRDZ3nxlIINfZz_wWCbgQ9gR4OgbTFhyGwq45DseUixkJJKbUmhPjnkWcmh7dOCDdxObAZXv_zti/pubhtml

From the pastebin, go to the second tab

[Anonymous No.]

https://twitter.com/cyberlivecorp/status/1408108910574247950

i wonder who the anon was that posted about getting into Cyberlive and reported back saying it was 100% legit...

[Anonymous No.]

>>5564337
Timestamp?

[Anonymous No.]

https://twitter.com/VTubeStudio/status/1408111433439719431
VTube Studio has a sale if you guys haven't bought it yet.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5585509
/asp/ie got into cyberlive
is that why a week or so ago there were a bunch of people hardcore defending them across the board?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5585827
doubt it. whoever it was posted once "guys cyberlive is legit" and then never posted after that. a couple of anons congratulated them, but entirely stopped seeing anything related to it. a single /asp/ie getting in wouldn't have been able to spam that much cyberlive advertising here

[Anonymous No.]

https://twitter.com/SupergiantGames/status/1408112904352669699
Bunch of games with pretty good discounts. Hades is a pretty cool game to stream, and Transistor is good too. Bastion might be a bit too old though, maybe for nostalgia views?

[Anonymous No.]

>Sometimes think about trying to become a vtuber
>Terrified of the off-chance that the vocaroos will be discovered

[Anonymous No.]

>>5587887
which ones?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5587924
the SECRET ones. They weren't popular or anything, but I'm still scared.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5571781
I have to wonder if this is the make or break it question from the whole application form. I don't have the best equipment so I'm worried that plays a part too. I could try getting the most I can but would have to get into debt for that.
That aside, I know this is not the place but I need to vent. I uploaded my audition and now it was two views. One I know is mine because I had to tap on it to get the link to fill the form, but now I'm not sure if they actually watched my video or I did watch it again. I'm losing my fucking mind.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5587996
don't they get deleted after like 30 days?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5588006
some intern could have clicked the link in order to make sure it was listed there correctly
they mentioned incomplete forms aren't going to be accepted so that's probably the first filter is if you actually have a video in the 5 minute ballpark at the link you gave

[Anonymous No.]

>>5588006
I’m jealous I don’t have any views yet.
Is there a watch time?

[Anonymous No.]

Anyone tried the Virtual App? It let you create an avatar and the app is like a TikTok where you can stream certain minigames or talk/sing. Also with another app you can connect your character to OBS. It looks 100x better than Vroid characters. But I dont know how the character's rights would work
you need to capture your face with your phone to stream in OBS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heUOFqFESVY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksuPOLO_5Lk&t=486s
Man this app is old even Hime made a video about it how could I not see it until now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp46oGIt2IM

[Anonymous No.]

>>5580516
>languages you are fluent in
>I can speak two languages from SEA, albeit broken
>fluent

[Anonymous No.]

>>5588816
Lie and go for it anyways. You'll get more fluent very quickly.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5588853
Why would I lie though? I already know another language besides English, unlike that SEA anon.
Who do you take me for, a fucking EOP?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5588444
Nice trips and double dubs, anon. My video was close to five mins but I don't want to think I may have screwed up because I missed a few secs.
I don't have any talents that I can particularly show off, but I did try to sell myself as well as I could. That's also the reason I'm so concerned with the languages question, because if there is a thing I'm good at, it's at those.
>>5588735
Not sure, I don't handle YT studio very well and have tried to look at metrics.
Now I wonder, what if an /asp/ie gets into NijiEN? Will it be an issue for his or her carreer? What will other /asp/ies do?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5588923
I was giving advice to the SEAnon. Fuck it, just go for it anyways. My Spanish is conversational, not fluent, but I'm going to list it anyways.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5588735
>>5588939
Okay just checked. No average view time so I0m either actually going insane or it could be >>5588444

[Anonymous No.]

>>5588939
there was a lot of memes about "training" but there is one thing for certain, anyone who gets in will 100% be given a brief by management on no go topics to never talk about or to never address, 4chan will probably be one of them

[Anonymous No.]

>>5589195
I can't help but to think what if NijiEn audition people lurk these places? Reddit for sure but what if someone from here somehow gets in and people find out one way or another?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5589369
how would they know?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5589369
NijiEN management isn't dumb they definitely know about /vt/, they know about KiwiFarms, they know about places where doxx threads happen
as for people who lurk here getting in, most people here are anonymous unless you posted your face or voice at some point

[Anonymous No.]

>>5589369
If I got into NijiEN, people would definitely know I was posting here (I'm the barbershop quartet and reading guy) but I don't see why that would be a big problem.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5588816
I go into things as I would any job interview.
If someone asks me if I "know linux" that means jack shit to me. So I'm going to info dump what I do know and let them sort it out if that means I "know" it or not because what people are looking for very depending on things.

I'm not fluent in Japanese by any means, but I can talk to children to a decent extent (helped a japanese girl find her mom in a mall recently) (not japan, just large asian tourist spot) (casino)
so I'll say that. I don't know any fancy words but I can talk about my likes and dislikes and talk about stupid things in horribly broken japanese.

also meiro is my favorite nijisanji.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5589463
>>5589529
>>5589569
I meant vocaroos and if those may be an issue.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5589768
My vocaroos are just me singing and reading Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, so I'm none too concerned.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5589768
unless you literally put your name in the vocaroo, i don't see how they'd be able to connect you with an anonymous post. sure, they might sound kinda similar, but how would they know for sure. and even if they did, what would they do?

>hey, check this guy out, he's looking for help on how be a vtuber on /vt/, lmao what a fucking scrub
?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5589768
vocaroos and other posts are hard to connect and at worst you can just claim it was either someone who looks/sounds like you or someone took a pic of you and posted with it instead
the anonymous nature makes it pretty fucking hard to connect

[Anonymous No.]

I kinda want to see a speech coach

[Anonymous No.]

>>5590121
Like coaching in public speaking, or language coaching?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5590189
coaching in speaking better.
I'm self conscious of my voice, and want to be at the top of my game.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5589837
>>5589853
>>5589931
Don't mind me, I'm just a paranoid fuck.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5588939
>>5589152

Thanks for checking! I was an anon who had views on my hololive app so I’m not mega worried I’m gonna get ignored but I wondered!

[Anonymous No.]

>>5590256
Take some voice lessons, if you can. You'll learn proper breathing, support, clearer enunciation, etc. These all translate into better speaking, too. I hesitate to recommend trying to do this in an asymmetrical online format, though (i.e. just watching YouTube videos) because having that one on one feedback from a coach is really valuable. Developing proper breathing techniques is one of the best things you can do, in my opinion. And if in doubt, slow down.

Now, if it's the sound of your own voice you dislike when you hear it played back, voice lessons won't change that. I sing professionally and don't particularly like the sound of my own voice, and that's normal. No one really likes the sound of their own voice. With time and exposure, you get over that stumbling block, and learn how to use your voice most effectively.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5590485
I don't mind the sound of my own voice, I just want to be the very best I can be

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>>5590540
Lessons and practice! It's all mechanical, so the more you use it, the better. Build up those muscles and that confidence! You got this, anon!

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>>5590540
then singing lessons are probably more useful, as part of them you will learn better control over your tone and pitch which you can apply to other things

[Anonymous No.]

>>5571781
Im fluent on 2 languages and can read another one since it's really similar to my first language

[Anonymous No.]

>>5591100
I wonder how many of those applying know at least another language and how much leverage that will have compared to content creation experience.

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>>5591601
Hard to say. I feel like a proven record of content creation from someone who only speaks English is more valuable than someone who is multilingual with no history of content creation whatsoever. But it's hard to say, really. I don't know what their priorities are for a male EN group.

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>>5591719
Someone was saying that Fina didn't have much experience before and she had issues with OBS. A less optimistic view is that maybe their requirements will be a bit tighter compared to first gen; on the other hand I feel they may be more lenient with people with no streaming experience but speak 2 or three languages if they are ESL; native speakers may have to compete with streaming exp is they have no other languages to back them up though.

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>>5591960
in all honesty, this is a useless discussion because literally no one knows what their formula is or even if they have one, management could go by the numbers or they could literally pick some random nobody with no experience just because they took a liking to them over the phone interview.
it's a black box with no way to know and guessing only invites shitposting and arguing about it over and over as the thread loops

[Anonymous No.]

>>5591960
That sounds reasonable. My goal is to put the reps in over the next week or so to get more comfortable using OBS for what I want to be able to do to, and then put that to work in my application. Might make a doodle and start PNGtubing in the meantime, just to get that experience in. It may not be valuable for this application, but it should at least be fun.

As far as languages, I'm a native English speaker, and am conversational in Spanish and Korean, and have basic Japanese. Not sure any of those are really an asset, but hey, may as well list them, right?

>>5592040
Yeah, that's a good point, we can't truly know what they're looking for, but I personally at least find it helpful talking with other people who plan to apply.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5592083
Spanish may be the biggest one because right now Hina Misora is pulling decent numbers with the ES crowd and Niji may want some of that. Korean I think Niji has KR talents so a hypothetical collab may help so I'd definitely consider it a plus.
>>5592040
It's pointless but it helps people calm down and come up with ideas or get a notion of how they should apply.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5590474
If I get three views and the third one has some viewtime that will be it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5592307
Good luck! Rooting for you, anon.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5586094
>bastion is too old
Man, that's only 10 years old. One of my first two games I was going to stream is Diablo 2. And eventually want to do some ASCII display roguelikes.

[Anonymous No.]

I need some advice on wether or not apply to niji aud.
I have just recently been accepted on a full-time job but I also want to apply but I don't know if I would be able to commit to vtubing as a full time job.
Should I apply or should I wait until I have more time on my hands?

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>>5593086
>as a full time job
did you not read the contract terms on the application?
>3 streams a week for 2 hours each
>for 1 year
that's 6 hours a day, basically what you spend shitposting on 4chan

[Anonymous No.]

>>5593112
6 hours a week

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>>5593086
I have a full-time day job, a part-time job, and do freelance work regularly and still plan on applying. This would probably be under 10 hours a week, and that's pretty easy to find.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5593112
>>5593172
Thank you for the help anons, going to be applying this weekend then, I have already wrote a script and made all the assets for the video! Well at least of I don't pass nothing is going to waste and this will be a nice learning opportunity

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>>5593234
If*

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Niji says incomplete forms will not be considered, but you can't get to the next page of the application form unless you fill the required fields, anyway. Do they mean the optional fields, as well?

[Anonymous No.]

>>5572315
You’re getting at least one handsome older man.

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>>5593051
nta, but i wouldn't play it because it's like 99% voice over narration and you really can't get a word in with all of that going on.

[Anonymous No.]

male chuubas can make it!! you just need to not be socially awkward dead weight!!!! you can do it!

[Anonymous No.]

>>5593595
>not be socially awkward dead weight
Fuck!

[Anonymous No.]

>>5550290
Man, I submitted like 6 days later and I still feel it was too late.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5576182
Spanish- only weekly streams either as free chat or playing a game. Throwing in some DragonBall and 80’s mecha anime, totsu and Kamen Rider and he’s set. Bonus points if he also builds gunpla.

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>>5547812
>>5547695
Are vtweeters still an issue? You say it like it's over but I still see a few on twatter. I thought they all died when Calli blasted them.

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>>5593666
It’s truly a gamble but it’s better to be early as that shows enthusiasm to the employer. Knowing a second language seems to be a really important part this time around.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5593759
They will always be around. They’re like weeds.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5593759
They never really went away. They just stopped being the boogyman of the week.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5593086
pomu has a full time job and does fine with niji

[Anonymous No.]

>>5593822
I was busy so I couldn't apply right away, plus I wanted to put a script together for my personal presentation and working up the courage to actually do it. I hope it wasn't too late.
>>5593860
>>5593919
>check twatter to see if someone was dumb enough to shout they applied to NjiEN
>some guy with weird-ass profile pic says he sent his application with semi broken English
>another ESL with clearly subpar English desisted
I'm a filthy ESL but doing the entire video in English should show my language skills, plus the accent gives away the ESL part, though I was so nervous I'm afraid that may get me axed. If I make it I hope I can show off the other languages I know.

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>>5594113
>filthy ESL
Which might be exactly what they’re looking for. I still have an accent and sent it anyway. Spanish, French and Japanese look like they could be the languages they’re looking for. Spanish in particular would grant them the large Spanish speaking audience and collabs with Ironmouse and the WACTOR girls that know Spanish.

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>>5594326
Nah dude, no way.
They're looking for people who speak MY language because it's the BEST and because I know it.
Seriously though being EOP must be really embarrassing, because average anglo doesn't know a single foreign language aside from ebonics and occasional spanish when they want someone to clean up on isle 4 or something.

[Anonymous No.]

>Euro peak hours
>thread full of shitposters again, and goes from being polite and helpful to shitposting and sarcastic
yep

[Anonymous No.]

I sure do love americopes in the evening

[Anonymous No.]

>>5594680
>Euro peak hours
>22:52 GMT

[Anonymous No.]

>>5594680
It's 1am here, what the fuck are you talking about

[Anonymous No.]

>>5595001
1 AM is a pretty good time of day to shitpost

[Anonymous No.]

Peak hours for any given location are late at night since the neets are up.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5595288
why would someone stay up late at night? even if you didn't work or go to school, surely you want to be around sunlight and other people.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5543756
>Do I need an expensive, fully rigged Live2D model to be a vtuber?
>No! You can always start out as a pngtuber!
Is it weird that I've been thinking about using action figures or puppets? Been thinking about doing something like that on YouTube for years. Now VTubers are all the rage. It'd be like a retro or analog version.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5596162
Lacks the 'virtual' part of vtuber, but still a neat concept if you can pull it off well.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5596162
go forth

[Anonymous No.]

>>5596162
bunch of /asp/ies use a png
Butcher_Geist uses a picture of japanese rain charm ghost
Power Nelson uses a pic of a public domain superhero
so yeah, go for it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5596162
It wouldn't be "virtual" but sounds like an interesting idea. I mean, Annoying Orange is an orange but a vtuber in egg stages so I can see action figures working out as well.

[Anonymous No.]

this is bait, don't take it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5594326
>>5594631
I unironically believe they may be fishing for some Spanish speakers. Misora pulls double views from Fina and that's too good for Niji to let it slide.

[Anonymous No.]

Remember to start early on your NijiEn applications, You have over a month but it's going to fly by if you keep putting it off

[Anonymous No.]

>>5598166
no

[Anonymous No.]

>>5598166
I don't intend on applying to them but I wish you all the best.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5598166
I have to learn how to use OBS first.

[Anonymous No.]

I have no horse in that race because I have it on the female side, but /asp/ies I hope you make it in, at least one of you. I believe in you.

[Anonymous No.]

>>5598166
I'm actually doing prepwork right now

[Anonymous No.]

>>5598968
how would he know anyone from /vt/ or /asp/ is applying? gonna make a change dot org petition? kek

[Anonymous No.]

>>5598968
i went to find the original tweet and it looks like the dude is more concerned about some lsd schizo acting like suisei which is still kinda funny with context

[Anonymous No.]

>>5600615
Suisei schizo is a treasure

[Anonymous No.]

I wonder if I have a chance to make it to the second phase. I have around 9 years of content creation with my art, but it's only a small hobby for me (I'm not on Ina's level). I don't have many followers despite posting for so many years since I only draw what I like and don't accept many art commissions. I'm pretty decent at art- at least better than Finana. I also have been streaming since 2018, though not frequently (my last stream was several months ago). I usually streamed my art though since it got the most interest.

I have all the skills needed to be a VTuber and I'm confident in my skills and ability to entertain people for long periods of time. I also know what exactly my target audience is and niche to fill (even Nijisanji doesn't have a VTuber that always fills it), but there's just this voice in the back of my mind that just says it's pointless to apply because there's someone out there that's more qualified. They streamed more, they posted art longer, they're better at art, etc.

I've applied to small companies before and got rejected (5 times), but made it to the second phase once. If I can't pass those auditions, I don't dare to raise my hopes up that I'll pass Niji's. I'm just doom posting, sorry.

I'll probably resume streaming again in a few days to put out some more content before making my audition. I guess if I failed 5 times before, another try won't hurt.